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20 Mar 2018 1:32:57pm

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I live in a low socio-economic area, and am from a workingclass background, and indeed am working class. I had never given this much thought until in the first year of my son's primary school, our family had the great fortune of winning the hamper at the end of year raffle. The person pulling out the tickets announced our name, then loudly declared "It's good to see it going to a family who needs it."Well, that tainted the win and I found myself indignantly counting the packets of biscuits and instant coffee that my needy family had no taste or use for.I also started to compare my situation to others around me .... and then I took a deep breath of clean air and realised how lucky I am, and happy.

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